Biographical Sketch of Isaac Kent

Isaac Kent, of Kentucky, lost his parents when he was quite young, and was “bound out” to be raised. When he was of age he married Lucy Hopkins, and they had John, William, Jane, Andrew, Robert, Elizabeth, Polly, Thomas, Isaac, Dozier, Louisa, and Lucinda. Mr. Kent came to Missouri and settled in Warren County in 1819. His son John married Catharine Zumwalt. William married Mary A. Zumwalt, and was killed by Waller Graves, who was insane, at the house of Newton Howell, on the 2d of October, 1830. Andrew Kent enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican war, and was burned to death in one of the forts captured by the Americans. Robert, Elizabeth, Isaac, Polly, and Thomas all moved to Oregon. John Kent was a ranger in Callaway’s company.


Surnames:
Kent,

Topics:
Biography,

Locations:
Warren County MO,

Collection:
Bryan, William Smith A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches, Anecdotes, Adventures, Etc., Relating to Early Days in Missouri. Also the Lives of Daniel Boone and the Celebrated Indian Chief, Black Hawk, with Numerous Biographies and Histories of Primitive Institutions. Bryan Brand & Company. 1876.

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  1. An Isaac Kent (we assume the spelling of the last name changed) in my ancestry was born in 1859 in Wayne County, Iowa, the 3rd of 8 children born to Adam Kint (b. 1825 in Coshocton County, Iowa, and Lydia Eve Leazer b. 1824 in Washington County, PA. Lydia was the daughter of George and Martha Miller Leazer. George and Martha are buried in unmarked graves (field stones were apparently used until vandals destroyed the graves) in Greer Cemetery in Wayne County, Iowa.

    Are your Isaac Kent and my Isaac Kent different people?

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